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i 1 Doci mi .nt No. l [Session
plants in constant succession during summer. The disease
known as Southern blight sometime a carries off all the plants
suddenly. This kperimented with modes of cul*
ture. Tin ral opinion with growers here seems to be
that the tomato plant must be trained up off the ground.
This I am satisfied is a mistake. This season we planted a
patch of rable Bize. Tart of the plants were allowed
rrow at will and part were trimmed to a single stem and
tied kes. Still another part were trained in full growth
a a wire trellis. Those that were allowed to fall upon
the ground gave a great d< al more and better fruit than the
others. The ones trained upon stakes gave out first, while
tho i the trellis t jer. There is some differ-ence
i-i the capacity of var eties to moist climatic influences.
the Peach tomato is the most resistant,
and ising this for crossing with better fruit t-
»rt. Our work in developing a sweet garden
- - to be v» ry succ< ssful. This
the Learning, an • arly held
corn, with Stowell's Evergreen, a large and late variety of
wrinkl - o. The result is a wrinkled sugar corn
of ]
llow color, good sized ear and quite early, with
rob; >wth sufficient forour purposes. The varii ty
will 1 in habit by another year's culture that
II. ibute it for testii
experiments tin fully demonstrata what
I was bei tisfied of
—
that it is n to go to the
wing onion sets for planting here,
as far better crops can be had directly from seed the 6i
We sowed this -
1 of twelve varieties^ includ-ing
Northern sort-, Spanish and Italian varieties. The
Spanish and Italian varieties are peculiarly adapted to our
climate, while some of our Northern sorts did very well.
ery variety of seed sown gav "1 crop, although the
soil used w.i- a hard clay and very unsuitable to the crop.
The seed own in February, and some were transplanted
soon as large enough to handle. The transplanted plants

i 1 Doci mi .nt No. l [Session
plants in constant succession during summer. The disease
known as Southern blight sometime a carries off all the plants
suddenly. This kperimented with modes of cul*
ture. Tin ral opinion with growers here seems to be
that the tomato plant must be trained up off the ground.
This I am satisfied is a mistake. This season we planted a
patch of rable Bize. Tart of the plants were allowed
rrow at will and part were trimmed to a single stem and
tied kes. Still another part were trained in full growth
a a wire trellis. Those that were allowed to fall upon
the ground gave a great d< al more and better fruit than the
others. The ones trained upon stakes gave out first, while
tho i the trellis t jer. There is some differ-ence
i-i the capacity of var eties to moist climatic influences.
the Peach tomato is the most resistant,
and ising this for crossing with better fruit t-
»rt. Our work in developing a sweet garden
- - to be v» ry succ< ssful. This
the Learning, an • arly held
corn, with Stowell's Evergreen, a large and late variety of
wrinkl - o. The result is a wrinkled sugar corn
of ]
llow color, good sized ear and quite early, with
rob; >wth sufficient forour purposes. The varii ty
will 1 in habit by another year's culture that
II. ibute it for testii
experiments tin fully demonstrata what
I was bei tisfied of
—
that it is n to go to the
wing onion sets for planting here,
as far better crops can be had directly from seed the 6i
We sowed this -
1 of twelve varieties^ includ-ing
Northern sort-, Spanish and Italian varieties. The
Spanish and Italian varieties are peculiarly adapted to our
climate, while some of our Northern sorts did very well.
ery variety of seed sown gav "1 crop, although the
soil used w.i- a hard clay and very unsuitable to the crop.
The seed own in February, and some were transplanted
soon as large enough to handle. The transplanted plants